http://braves.mlbnewsblog.com Updated with the latest Major League Baseball News! Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:42:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am a diehard Braves fan, but I always seem to miss the great deals to catch a game at Turner Field . That was until I found out about the Ticket Specialists . The specialists had an obscene selection of seats for ridiculously low prices. I've never seen ... http://braves.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/06/03/ticket-specialists-review/ Mark Kotsay homered and Charlie Morton threw seven shutout innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 Thursday night. Yunel Escobar was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Gregor Blanco and Brian McCann each were 2-for-4 with an RBI and Casey Kotchman also drove in a run for the Braves, ... http://braves.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/08/kotsay-morton-power-braves-past-diamondbacks-ap/ Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, Braves chairman Terry McGuirk and Skip Caray's longtime broadcast partner Pete Van Wieren are among those scheduled to speak at a tribute to Caray at Turner Field on Tuesday morning. Caray, 68, died Sunday. He was the son of well-known Cubs Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry ... http://braves.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/07/braves-plan-tribute-for-skip-caray-at-turner-field-ap/ Tim Lincecum pitched eight innings for his first win in more than three weeks and Aaron Rowand homered and drove in three runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Wednesday. Randy Winn added four hits including the 1,500th of his career and scored twice for ... http://braves.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/06/lincecum-leads-giants-past-braves-ap/ Mike Hampton is definitely going to remember this one. Josh Johnson also had a reason to feel good about his victory. Hampton earned his first win in nearly three years and hit an RBI double, leading the Atlanta Braves past the San Francisco Giants 11-4 on Tuesday night. The ... http://braves.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/06/at-last-hampton-gets-first-win-in-nearly-3-years-ap/ Mike Hampton earned his first victory in nearly three years and hit an RBI double, leading the Atlanta Braves past the San Francisco Giants 11-4 on Tuesday night. The 35-year-old Hampton had to feel great about this outing: He hadn't won since Aug. 14, 2005, for the Braves against Arizona ... http://braves.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/06/hampton-wins-for-first-time-in-almost-3-years-ap/ Tim Lincecum won't be the only young Giants starting pitcher whose workload will be closely monitored —... http://braves.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/05/giants-will-monitor-sanchezs-workload-closely-yahoo-sports/ Matt Cain beat the Braves for the first time in three career tries, Randy Winn doubled in a run and had three hits and the San Francisco Giants won 4-2 against Atlanta on Monday night. Ivan Ochoa and Aaron Rowand each hit RBI singles for San Francisco, which won for ... http://braves.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/05/cain-shuts-down-braves-ap/ The Atlanta Braves placed Rafael Soriano on the 15-day disabled list Monday for the third time this season because of an inflamed right elbow. Atlanta also promoted left-hander Francisley Bueno from Triple-A Richmond and purchased his contract. "Muy Bueno," Braves manager Bobby Cox said with a grin, making his best ... http://braves.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/04/braves-place-soriano-on-dl-ap/ Everyone has a Harry Caray impression. But not everyone has a finely-tuned mimic routine of his son, Skip Caray,... http://braves.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/04/superstation-nation-remembers-braves-announcer-skip-caray-yahoo-sports/